Tian Tian put Tian Zhuo on the big bar of the bicycle in front of her, took a running start, then jumped onto the bicycle seat, and took Tian Zhuo to the market.
Wu Juan's Lin Chun's home is quite far from here. It took them an hour to ride their bike there today. Before they reached the door, they saw from afar that there was a red yard and a lot of people gathered at the door. Tian Tian knew that that family must be doing something.
There were also many bicycles parked by the wall of the yard. Tian Tian went over to lock the bicycles, and then took Tian Zhuo to keep the gift accounts.
Although Old Lady Tian had said before that Li Meiyu would not send another gift bill, when the time came for the real thing, Old Lady Tian still gave Tian Tian one dollar and asked them to come over for the banquet.
After recording the gift bill, Tian Tian saw some melon seeds and candies nearby, so she grabbed a handful of melon seeds and a candy and put them in Tian Zhuo's hands.
The person who was keeping the gift account looked up at Tian Tian when he saw her taking the candy.
Tian Tian saw the man's eyes and ignored him.
The brother and sister paid for the meal. Even though sugar is expensive now, one dollar can buy a lot of candy.
Besides, the candies are placed there for the guests to eat. She didn't say she took too much. She only took one piece for Tian Zhuo to eat.
When Tian Tian entered the yard, there were not many people in the yard, but the tables were all placed there, and there were quite a lot of tables. The sky was so big that at a glance there were ten tables in the courtyard, and there should be room for two or three more tables here.
Tian Tian saw the words "Guests from My Mother's Home" on one of the tables, so she pulled Tian Zhuo over to sit down.
Tian Zhuo came to an unfamiliar environment and became much quieter. He sat quietly beside the table, eating candy without saying a word.
It was actually not early when Tian Tian and the others arrived, it was already past nine o'clock. Logically speaking, around ten o'clock is when most people come, and by half past ten the tables should be full.
It's almost ten o'clock now, and there are still very few people in the yard.
"Sister! Why is there no one here to do things?" Tian Zhuo knew from the few times she had done things that she knew that doing things should be lively and bustling, not as cold and deserted as it was now, with not even one table full.
"Everyone is working in the fields. Who has time to come over to pay their respects? Look, in our family, it's just the two of us younger ones who come over to pay our respects!" Tian Tian said while cracking melon seeds.
She didn't dare eat too many melon seeds on the table, for fear that more people would come and there would be no melon seeds left for everyone.
The brigade's planting time is a few days late, and the harvesting time is also uncertain. Although some places have started working now, there are other places where it is not yet time. At ten o'clock, many people arrived one after another.
Tian Tian saw that the four sisters of the man's family had all returned with their children.
It was obvious that the four sisters were not living well. They all worked under the sun and were very tanned. The younger brother had just gotten married, but they looked like they were forty years older. Not only were they holding two children in their hands, they were also carrying a younger one on their backs.
Only one sister was dressed brightly and beautifully, with black and shiny hair and very straight clothes. She was busy helping Zhang Le with things, and it seemed that she was living a good life.
"Whose child is this? This is a table made by his mother's family. Go make one somewhere else!"
Tian Tian was just thinking about it when the woman who was in charge came over and spoke to Tian Tian.
"I am from the girl's family, and I am the second aunt's sister of the girl." Tian Tian said.
"Then what are you doing sitting here? Why don't you get up and help arrange things? We don't know what the guests from your bride's family look like, so you should help arrange seats. When your relatives come, they will complain that we didn't entertain them well enough."
Tian Tian wanted to say that she had never seen a child helping to greet guests, but when she looked up, she saw that there was indeed no one from Wu Juan's side. It was really not right to continue like this, so she had no choice but to say, "I can help to greet guests, but I only recognize my aunt and her family. I don't recognize relatives from my sister Juan Juan's father's side."
"That's fine! Just help greet a few people." After saying that, the man left in a hurry again.
Tian Tian didn't know how to get everyone together, so she just sat in her seat, staring at the door, wondering when her aunts would come over.
Otherwise it would be too awkward for her to stay here. There were only her and Tian Zhuo at the table, and no one was talking to anyone. The people around her were chatting animatedly, but she was just sitting there bored.
It was almost half past ten when her aunt and her family finally arrived. When Tian Tian saw her aunt and her family, she felt like she had seen a savior. She stood up with Tian Zhuo and waved to her aunt.
My aunt, sweating profusely, brought the two twins here and sat down.
Tian Zhuo had been sitting alone for a long time and had long been bored. When he saw his two aunt's brothers coming over, he happily pulled them over to play.
"You two are the only ones here! Your mother isn't here?" asked my aunt breathlessly.
"No! We're having the autumn harvest at home, and my mom and dad couldn't spare the time to come over, so I brought my brother here!" Tian Tian grabbed a handful of melon seeds and handed them to Lin Meixia.
Lin Meixia took a breath and continued to ask, "Then how did you and your brother get here? Your home is so far away from here?"
Wu Juan married someone from the brigade next to hers, which was closer to the Linjia Brigade but far away from Tian Tian and the others.
"I came here by bike! It was pretty quick, I arrived around nine o'clock!"
"That's fast enough!" Lin Meishuang said while cracking melon seeds.
Their brigade was now in the autumn harvest period. Lin Meishuang was reluctant to give up the work points she earned from the harvest, but as the bride's aunt, she couldn't say no, so she stayed in the field until the last moment, then hurried home to change her clothes and rush over here.
In this way, she felt bad about the salary she lost and the gift money she had to pay, so she made up her mind to eat more. We also had to eat to make up for the money we spent.
Lin Meishuang still felt a little bit resentful in her heart. Why can't we get married at any other time? Why did we have to catch up with the autumn harvest? So which is more important, food or marriage? "
"Will my aunt and grandma come over?"
"How could your aunt not come over? She will come over with your sister Wu Juan in a while. As for your grandma, she will have to come over even more!"
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